Jean-Baptiste-Henri LACORDAIRE, known in religious life as F - Lot 25

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Jean-Baptiste-Henri LACORDAIRE, known in religious life as F - Lot 25
Jean-Baptiste-Henri LACORDAIRE, known in religious life as Father Henri-Dominique Lacordaire (Recey-sur-Ource (Côte-d'Or), 1802–1861), monk, preacher, journalist, and politician; restorer of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in France, considered today to be one of the forerunners of liberal Catholicism. A long and interesting autograph letter signed in Sorèze on March 11, 1860, in which he explains that he personally is underwriting the 70,000-franc loan and outlines the means of security, namely through a “mortgage” on the convent of Saint-Maximin, which he purchased in 1859, or by “guarantee (...) a private deed of guarantee from two female heirs...who own between two and three million in land holdings in the vicinity of Toulouse.” He thanks his correspondent for the donation, which he is sending directly to the work of Saint Madeleine, and adds, “I will establish a Saint Madeleine fund in all my convents” 2 pages 1/3 in-4 with a dry stamp from the Sorèze School, the recipient’s name in Narbonne (erased), and a postmark.
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